cocksureness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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And to a certain extent, that cocksureness shaped his career, too.
From Washington Times • Oct. 31, 2020
Taylor’s quietness makes their opponents look loud; their watchfulness makes other people—especially men, shouting about power—look frenetic; their ideological cocksureness makes the older men look weak.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2019
It quickly becomes clear that Scott’s unflinching cocksureness is as much about the heartbreak he’s endured during his short life as it is his predilection for rebellion.
From Time • Oct. 10, 2015
There has always been a degree of quiet machismo in Murray's tennis, a cocksureness in his own extreme physical conditioning.
From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012
A growl of dismay broke from the Pathans' lips; the other men, who resented the cocksureness of Sherdil and his friends, leapt about with shrieks of delight.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
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